Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

पीयमानेऽमृते देव देवैः पूर्वं पराजितैः । दैवतं रूपमास्थाय दानवोऽसौ समागतः

Transliteration

pīyamāne'mṛte deva devaiḥ pūrvaṃ parājitaiḥ | daivataṃ rūpamāsthāya dānavo'sau samāgataḥ

Translation

ഹേ ദേവാ! അമൃതം കുടിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ, ദേവന്മാർ മുമ്പേ പരാജിതരായിരിക്കെ, ആ ദാനവൻ ദേവരൂപം ധരിച്ചു അവിടെ എത്തി।

Word by Word

• पीयमाने: while (it was) being drunk
• पीयमाने: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal/locative setting)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) → पीयमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय, कर्मणि वर्तमानकाले); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'while being drunk'

• अमृते: in/with the nectar
• अमृते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karta/Agent (by the gods)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (formerly/before)

• पराजितैः: defeated
• पराजितैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराजि (धातु) → पराजित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (देवैः)

• दैवतम्: divine, of a god
• दैवतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (रूपम्)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object of āsthāya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• आस्थाय: having assumed
• आस्थाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) → आस्थाय (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, absolutive/gerund); 'having assumed/taken'

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• असौ: that one, he
• असौ: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समागतः: arrived, came
• समागतः: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'arrived/come'

Speaker

Candra (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbudācala (narrative seat)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A flashback: devas, previously defeated, now drink amṛta; a dānava (Rāhu) enters wearing divine guise, blending into the line, reaching for the nectar.

Characters & Entities

• Amṛta
• Devas
• Dānava (Rāhu implied)
• Śiva (listener implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma can imitate dharma externally; discernment and divine oversight are required to protect cosmic and moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it supplies the mythic prelude that supports the Candrodbheda tīrtha’s sanctifying narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is mythic narration about the amṛta episode.